"If she can't spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell."
— Beverly Cleary (Ramona's World)

"Quite often somebody will say, 'What year do your books take place?' and the only answer I can give is, in childhood."
— Beverly Cleary

"Didn't the people who made those license plates care about little girls named Ramona?"
— Beverly Cleary

"He was dressed as if everything he wore had come from different stores or from a rummage sale, except that the crease in his trousers was sharp and his shoes were shined."
— Beverly Cleary (Ramona Quimby, Age 8)

"Problem solving, and I don't mean algebra, seems to be my life's work. Maybe it's everyone's life's work."
— Beverly Cleary

"Neither the mouse nor the boy was the least bit surprised that each could understand the other. Two creatures who shared a love for motorcycles naturally spoke the same language."
— Beverly Cleary (The Mouse and The Motorcycle)